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Exergames Get Kids Moving

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The realization that children’s physical activity is of national concern was highlighted in First Lady Michelle Obama’s launch of the Let’s Move campaign. “The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but with everyone working together, it can be solved. So, let’s move!” she said at the launch ceremony (2010). Getting children moving can be surprisingly difficult, but remarkably beneficial to a number of health indicators. The Let’s Move campaign draws attention to the relationship between lifestyle choices and health.

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Appendix A: Advocacy and Resources for Game Accessibility (Adapted from IGDA, 2004)

Appendix A: Advocacy and Resources for Game Accessibility (Adapted from IGDA, 2004)

Name

Description

URL

AbleGamers Foundation

Advocacy for the disabled in the realm of digital entertainment

http://www.ablegamersfoundation.org

All in play

Accessible online games

http://www.allinplay.com/home.html

AudioGames

News and reviewsof audio games

http://www.audiogames.net/

AudusseyMagazine

Games accessibleto the blind

http://www.audysseymagazine.org/

BBC Ouch!

BBC’s site aboutaccessible games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/closeup/gaming.shtml

BSC Games

Games for blind and visually impaired

http://www.bscgames.com/

Blind Gamersat Yahoo

Very active e-mail list

http://gamesource.groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/

Closed Captioning

Article about closedcaptioning in games

http://www.rbkdesign.com/game/articles/captioning.php

Deaf Gamers

Game reviews from thedeaf perspective

www.deafgamers.com

ESP Softworks

Games accessible for the visually impaired

http://www.espsoftworks.com/

Games For the Blind

Games for the blind

http://www.gamesfortheblind.com/

Games for Health

Games for Health initiative

http://www.gamesforhealth.org

GMA Games

Games for blind andvisually impaired

http://www.gmagames.com/

Gone Gold

FAQ about gamers with disabilities

http://www.gonegold.com/misc/gwd/

IGDA GameAccessibility SIG

The game accessibility special interest group at International Game Developers Association

http://www.igda.org/accessibility/

Level Games

Games accessible for motor impairments

http://www.levelgames.net/

Pin Interactive

Developer of Terraformers – accessible 3Dgraphic game

http://www.pininteractive.com/

Shoot

Speech recognitionprogram

http://clans.gameclubcentral.com/shoot/

SonoKids

Accessible musicgames

http://www.sonokids.com/wwwsonokids/english/index.html

Sound Support

Audio games

http://www.soundsupport.net/

Textmode Quake

The game Quake intext mode

http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/

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Yang, S., Foley, J. (2011). Exergames Get Kids Moving. In: Gray, T., Silver-Pacuilla, H. (eds) Breakthrough Teaching and Learning. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7768-7_6

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